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Leisure hours: a series of poems, original and translated, by Zeta
Leisure hours a series of poems original and translated by Zeta Author:James Griffiths Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LOVE. J" LOVED when life was in its prime, Love only fill'd so brief a time; And, when to wiser years I grew, Eeason declared my love was true. Now I am o... more »ld, and day by day, Life's pleasures one by one decay ; But Love remains to soothe my heart. Ah ! woe is me, should he depart. ROMANCE DE JOCONDE. fTHE youth Inflamed by jealous heats, Has often from his loved one stray'd, And while his heart with anger beats, Has sworn to seek some other maid. But wheresoe'er his footsteps turn, His thoughts to his first love return. i Ah ! Time can ne'er true love destroy, And our remembrances may prove The greatest source of all our joy, When we reflect on those we love. But wheresoe'er our passions turn, Our thoughts to earlier loves return. THE EOSE TKEE. [ PLANTED it, and watch'd it grow, That rose-tree fair, and hour by hour, I hear the merry music flow, From birds that nestle in its bower. 0 happy birds, an amorous band, For pity's sake your song restrain ; My love is in a distant land. And I disconsolate remain. For foreign wealth these arms he flees, And hazards death. Ah ! wherefore roam In other lands, far o'er the seas, When he may find such love at home ? Ye swallows, visitants of spring, Ye wandering birds, but ever true, When every year ye come, oh bring My love across the seas with you. OEIGINAL POEMS. TO SPE1NG. gWEET Nymph come forth, with verdure clad, And make the Meadows smile, Thy sister, Flora, waiteth thee, And droops her head meanwhile. Stern Winter's chain hath bound us long, Thy presence sets us free; And Pleasure waits with all her charms, To join the dance with thee. Why, so abash'd, dost veil thy face, And all-retiring seem ? Aurora hastens thee to meet, A...« less